Late last year, when Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation wasn’t announced for North America, one of my friends asked what’s the big deal about the missing sixth game. I replied, it’s kind of like the Final Fantasy V equivalent in the Dragon Quest series.

As January 28th came and went, I – like countless others in Japan – found myself at a local electronics store buying Dragon Quest VI, the latest [and currently, also the final] installment in Square Enix’s Dragon Quest DS remake series.

Unlike its predecessors, which were all developed by Chunsoft, the original DQVI was developed by Heartbeat — the studio that also worked on Dragon Quest VII for the PS1. The remake is, of course, being handled by ArtePiazza.

Finished Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen yet? Better get working on it. Chrono Trigger comes out in November and shortly afterwards Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. Classic RPG fans can look forward to an English release on February 17, 2009. The story in Dragon Quest V: Hand in the […]